Elton John premiered an innovative new technology at the 2013 NAMM convention in Anaheim, California this past week. During a performance at Hyperion Theater in Disney's California Adventure theme park, the British singer provided a demonstration of Yamaha's Disklavier TV and RemoteLive Technology, which sends a piano player's keystrokes to remote pianos across the globe in real time.

Elton John premiered an innovative new technology at the 2013 NAMM convention in Anaheim, California this past week.

During a performance at Hyperion Theater in Disney's California Adventure theme park, the British singer provided a demonstration of Yamaha's Disklavier TV and RemoteLive Technology, which sends a piano player's keystrokes to remote pianos stationed across the globe in real time.

Chris Gero, founder of Yamaha's in-house label Yamaha Entertainment Group, told Spinner that "this technology represents an all-new level of interactivity when it comes to performance . . . To be able to transmit like this is just the beginning and when Elton heard about the technology he stepped right up and said he wanted to be the guy to deliver it for the first time."

John's performance/demonstration took place over the course of a five-song set, including "Your Song," "Tiny Dancer," "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word," "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues," and an extended version of "Rocket Man."

Eric Clapton has announced that he will release a new album on March 12, titled Old Socks. The 12-song set will be Clapton's 21st album over the course of his nearly 50 year career. The album will feature a collection of Clapton's favorite songs by other songwriters, including Leadbelly, J.J. Cale, Peter Tosh, George Gershwin and more . . .

Eric Clapton has announced that he will release a new album on March 12, titled Old Socks. The 12-song set will be Clapton's 21st album over the course of his nearly 50 year career. The album will feature a collection of Clapton's favorite songs by other songwriters, including Leadbelly, J.J. Cale, Peter Tosh, George Gershwin, Hank Snow and Taj Mahal.

Clapton has produced the album, alongside Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley and Simon Climie. Playing alongside Clapton are some of his longtime collaborators, including Steve Gadd (drums), Willie Weeks (bass) and Chris Stainton (keyboards).

The LP will also feature a number of surprise guests like Cale, who's on the song "Angel" for backing vocals and guitar, Chaka Khan, who sings as backing vocalist for "Get On Over," Steve Winwood, who plays the Hammond B3 Organ on "Still Got The Blues," and Paul McCartney, who provides bass/vocals on "All of Me."

Ultimate Classic Rock reports that Old Socks will be released on CD and as a 2-LP set.

The Who have extended an open invitation to Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins to any of the upcoming shows on their recently announced Quadrophenia tour. The British cyclist, who also won the Tour De France in 2012 and took home the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, has previously said that he's is a big fan of the band.

The Who have extended an open invitation to Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins to any of the upcoming shows on their recently announced Quadrophenia tour. The British cyclist, who also won the Tour De France in 2012 and took home the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, has previously said that he's is a big fan of the band.

Fronter Roger Daltrey extended the invite: "He is invited to any of our shows. I've written and told him that. I'm sure we will meet him - he has a free pass to any show he likes."

The Olympian will be able to take the band up on the offer soon as they are set to launch a tour of the UK this June. They are is set to play their 1973 album Quadrophenia in full. The Who's tour starts in Dublin on June 8.

Stevie Wonder guests on a new track, "Only One," from Young Money signee PJ Morton. The track is the lead single from Morton's upcoming debut, New Orleans. Morton has previously described the song as "Kanye meets Stevie." The soul legend plays harmonica and adds vocals to the track from the Maroon 5 keyboardist.

Stevie Wonder guests on a new track, "Only One," from Young Money signee PJ Morton. The track is the lead single from Morton's upcoming debut, New Orleans. Morton has previously described the song as "Kanye meets Stevie."

The soul legend plays harmonica and adds vocals to the track from the Maroon 5 keyboardist. The assist, says Morton in an interview with Billboard, was an honor.

"Stevie is my biggest influence," Morton said. "Out of anybody, Stevie's really the one that I studied the most growing up in music, so we literally tried everything to get him on the song."

New Orleans, a 10-track effort also featuring a spot from Busta Rhymes ("Never Get Over You"), is due May 14.

Fleetwood Mac has released the expanded version of the band's classic 1977 album, Rumours. The three-disc expanded edition includes the original album (plus the b-side "Silver Springs"), a live album from their 1977 world tour and a 16-song disc of outtakes from the recording sessions. The package retails for $24.98.

Fleetwood Mac has released the expanded version of the band's classic 1977 album, Rumours. The three-disc expanded edition includes the original album (plus the b-side "Silver Springs"), a live album from their 1977 world tour and a 16-song disc of outtakes from the recording sessions. The package retails for $24.98.

The deluxe edition includes the above plus additional studio outtakes, a making-of documentary (The Rosebud Film) and the album on vinyl. It costs $99.98.

Ultimate Classic Rock gave the expanded edition an 8 out of 10 rating, remarking that the set "earns its price tag." The early, sometimes raw versions of these familiar tracks are occasionally revealing," added the site.

"After all this time you would think there was nothing left to discover, nothing left to work out, no new chapters to be written. But that is not the case," Lindsey Buckingham told Rolling Stone of the new release.

AC/DC is rumored to be appearing in a Hyundai commercial set to air during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The carmaker has bought up 150 seconds of ad time for the big event, and while it has previewed some of its adverts already, it still has some time left. Some of the 150 seconds, which cost Hyundai a whopping $9.5 million, include a cameo from alt-rock group the Flaming Lips.

AC/DC is rumored to be appearing in a Hyundai commercial set to air during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The carmaker has bought up 150 seconds of ad time for the big event, and while it has previewed some of its adverts already, it still has some time left.

Some of the 150 seconds, which cost Hyundai a whopping $9.5 million, include a cameo from alt-rock group the Flaming Lips.

The time purchased, according to Automobile magazine, includes "two 30-second in-game spots during the first and second quarters, a 30-second spot during the pre-game show, and a flagship advertisement - a 60-second spot that airs just before kickoff."

Musical acts confirmed for the sporting event include Alicia Keys ("Star Spangled Banner") and Beyoncé, who is the halftime act.